Higher Education

Between 2004 and 2010, university system expenditures increased 47%, while FTE enrollment increased 5%.
General fund appropriations to higher education increased 63% between 2003 and 2011, while tuition revenue rose 36% over the same time period.
Higher education received about 18% more revenue from the general fund and tuition from 2005 to 2009, while enrollment only increased about 5%.
Net migration rate is defined as the number of immigrants less the number of emigrants in a state over a given time period (1 year) divided by 1,000.
North Dakota has the 3rd highest net freshman migration rate in the country. In other words, many more high school graduates come into North Dakota for higher education than leave North Dakota for school.
At the University of North Dakota, 62% of traditional freshmen are from out-of-state, which is the highest percentage in the upper Midwest.
North Dakota spends $177 per capita on out-of-state students, while Minnesotans, South Dakotans, and Montanans spend substantially less.
This chart shows that between 1989 and 2007, North Dakota lost nearly half of its college graduates.
This chart shows the percent increase in university president compensation at each university. Please note that MaSU and VCSU increases do not include 2001-02 and 2002-03.
State appropriations to NDSU increased 96% between the 2003-05 biennium and the 2009-11 biennium, while general fund appropriations increased 85% during that same time period.
State appropriations to UND increased 40% between the 2003-05 biennium and the 2009-11 biennium, while general fund appropriations increased 55% during that same time period.